ON THE PATH TO ALL-ROUND IMPROVEMENT
2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine has gone to a Japanese scientist Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi for his research on AUTOPHAGY. Autophagy, an Intracellular Recycling System otherwise means “eating self”. In other words, the process by which the human body eats it own damaged cells and unused proteins. Autophagy is a natural process and also one which … Read more
Links:– My 1st Worm Bin– E-Waste Rescuer– Old Macbook Conversion– Mottainai – Japanese concept on waste– Learners Guide (Waste, Recycling, Compost, Worm Farms, No-dig Gardens)– The Dating Game: What Use By, Sell By and Best Before Really Mean– Expiry of medication – do they expire?– Mindarie Regional Council Earth Carers Training Program– Regional Resource Recovery … Read more
A Guide to The Good Life – William Irvine (Mind Map Book Summary) I was wondering why it all sounds familiar and then it hit my … this is basically Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras or very parallel. Stoicism in a nutshell1. Fame and fortune vs tranquility and virtue.2. Learn to want what you already have.3. Immediately … Read more
Short version: Why you should delete your social media accounts with Jaron Lanier Summary:– The most popular instagram accounts have no content. Teenage girls who eat bananas have 16 million followers! – Signalling leads to performance anxiety or enhances anxiety. There is no situation where it reduces anxiety. If your last post had 2000 like … Read more
Ever since you were born you were designed for growth. Your body went through discomfort to grow. Teething issues to give way for teeth. You learned the alphabet to learn words that turned into sentences, paragraphs, pages, chapters. The same way spiders, snakes and so many other animals shed their skins and shells to get … Read more
Animated Summary Summary: The 6 Pillars are: The Practice of Living Consciously The Practice of Self-Acceptance The Practice of Self-Responsibility The Practice of Self-Assertiveness The Practice of Living Purposefully The Practice of Personal Integrity (He has intentionally called them practice as it requires practicing consistently.) Sentence completion exercises: – Basic idea: Take a sentence stem … Read more
